Bob Finnan's three points and NBA rumor mill

Bob Finnan's weekly look at what's hot, what's not, what you didn't know -- and what you might not want to know -- about the NBA.

1. Coach Mike Brown acknowledged on Friday that Jamario Moon has moved past Jawad Williams in his playoff rotation. However, that doesn't guarantee Moon any playing time.

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2. Teams are operating on the assumption the salary cap will be about $56.1 million this summer. That's a lot better than some forecasts from earlier in the season.

3. Prior to Saturday, LeBron James had not played since April 6 against Toronto -- a span of 11 days. Shaquille O'Neal had not played since Feb. 25.

Rumor mill

-- If the Cavaliers win the NBA title, expect them to try to re-sign almost the entire team. If they don't win a title and LeBron James leaves, there will be wholesale changes. In that scenario, they probably wouldn't re-sign Shaquille O'Neal or Zydrunas Ilgauskas.

-- The Cavaliers don't have Bird rights to Ilgauskas, so they can't go over the cap to sign him. They'll have to sign him with available cap space. Would he come back for $3 million or $4 million? We will see.

-- Cleveland likely will try to sign guard Delonte West to an extension this summer. He'll have just one year left on his deal after this year. They might package guard Daniel Gibson with another player and try to acquire a legitimate shooting guard.

-- There are two current openings for coaches, as Philadelphia's Eddie Jordan and the Clippers' Kim Hughes have been fired. There will be several more to follow.

-- Raptors forward/center Chris Bosh said he'd be open to a sign-and-trade if he leaves Toronto.

Bosh might not have made up his mind just yet, but many around the league think he'll eventually sign elsewhere.

-- The fans in New York are slobbering over the possibility of signing James. A more viable option might be Suns forward/center Amar'e Stoudemire.

-- There is talk about selling and relocating the Pacers. The team wants the city of Indianapolis to pay for the cost of operating Conseco Fieldhouse. If the team moves, it will need a new president.

"I'm not going," Larry Bird said.

-- Bobcats coach Larry Brown can't say it long or loud enough: He's committed to coaching in Charlotte. Then why doesn't anyone believe him? Rumor monger Peter Vecsey wrote that Bobcats owner Michael Jordan granted Brown permission to bolt to Philly after the season. Brown has two years remaining on his contract. It is a bit of a concern to some Charlotte fans that Brown's wife and two teenage children still live in Philly.

-- The Heat have unleashed a full-court press to re-sign guard Dwyane Wade. Heat president Pat Riley said they'll do whatever it takes to get Wade's signature on a new contract.

"We want him to spend his entire career in a Miami Heat uniform," Riley wrote in an open letter to fans.